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VOL. 4 $ NO. 4 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1954. ALFRED, NEW YORK Telephone 5402
SAXON WARRIORS SHUT OUT ALBRIGHT
119th Founder's Day Celebration, Thursday
Houghton, Pass, Juvenal To Receive Honorary Degrees
by Mel Millman
Alfred University will hold its 119th annual Founder's Day cel- ebration this Thursday.
The high-point of the celebrations will be a required assembly held in the Men's Gymnasium at 11:00 a.m. where three honorary degrees will be conferred, and Ar-
thur A. Houghtn, president and direc- tor of Steuben Glass and a recipient of one of the degrees, will deliver a talk.
Classes will be suspended at 10:30 and continued again in the afternoon in order to make adequate prepara- tions for the affair.
Weather permitting, the senior class will meet at Physics Hall and the fac- ulty at Kanakadea Hall to prepare for the academic procession, which will commence at Physics Hall at 10:40 and end when the participants have reach- ed their prescribed places in the gym- nasium. Special guest3, faculty, and seniors will all march in academic costume. The procession will be the first presentation of this year's senior class in cap and gown.
Two industrialists and an educator have been named by the University trustees to receive honorary doctor of law degrees during the assembly.
They are Arthur A. Houghton Jr., Rich, ard H. Pass, president Onondaga Pot- tery Company and Pass and Seymour Inc., and the very Kev. Juvenal La- lor. president of St. Bonaventure Uni- versity.
Houghton, speaker at the celebra- tion, is an alumnus of St. Paul's School,, Concord, N. H., and Harvard University, and holds honorary de- grees from the University of Roches- ter and Washington College. Although he is a resident of New York City, Houghton spends much of his time in Corning where he is a director of the Corning Glass Works and a trus- tee of the Corning Museum of Glass.
He is also a director of the Delaware.
Lackawanna and Western Railroad.
A trustee of the Metropolitan Muse- um of Art, the American Federation of Art, American Academy In Home, and chairman of the board for the Par- sons School of Design, Houghf.on is also active in the affairs of St. Johns and Cooper Union as well as the Em- pire State Foundation for Liberal Arts Colleges.
He is associated with many of the nation's leading libraries: a fellow in English Bibliography at the Library of Congress; a trustee of the Pierpont Morgan and New York. Public Libra- ries; and, is on the Advisory Commit- tees of Harvard and Princeton Li- braries and Folger Shakespeare Li- brary.
A native and resident of Syracuse, Mr. Pass is also a Harvard graduate.
He started his career at Onondaga and while working his way up he found time to put his scientific mind to work developing a bomb sight dur- ing World War I, developing land mines and fuses during World War II and organizing Pass & Seymour. For twenty-five years he has been a mem- ber of the Advisory Council of the New York State College of 'Ceramics at Alfred University and a member of the American Ceramic Society.
Father Juvenal, president of St.
found time to put his scientific mind is a native of Brooklyn, a Franciscan friar, and author of many learned ar- ticles. A member of the American Catholic Philosophical Association, he is the former head of the Philosophy department at St. Bonaventure. He re- ceived his Ph. D. from Laval Uni- versity.
More than fifteen hundred persons will be on hand to hear the speaker;
while there is expected to be nearly three thousand people present for vari- ous portions of the celebrations, whicn will include a faculty luncheon given to honor Mr. Houghton, Father Juve- nal, and Richard H. Pass in Howell Hall after the assembly.
Chief of Police Warns of Parking Regulation
The Chief of Police, Herrington Stebbins wishes to call to the atten- tion of the driving public that accord- ing to Article XX, Section 6, Village Ordinances it is:
"Unlawful to leave any vehicle on auy street of the village between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m., from the first day of November to the first day of May.
"Any person or persons violating; the provision of this ordinance shall be liable to a penalty of not less than one dollar ($1.00) nor more than ten dol-
To Speak
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Arthur A. Houghton
Ideas Wanted
Plans are now being made by ad- ministrative officers and faculty mem- bers to have representatives visit li- braries on various university campus- es. The purpose of these visits is to gather ideas for the new library which is to be built on the Alfred campus.
Sites are now being studied to find x location for this building. In choos- ing a site it would be desirable to
ave the building on the main part of the campus, between Main Street and Htowell Hall. Also to be considered is the fact that a new memorial chap- 1 is planned at some future date and room must be allowed for this In the process of making these plans it may be necessary to do away with some of the old buildings. The Pres- ident's office will be glad to receive suggestions from the students as to the location of the new library.'
The library will be called the John P. Herrick library, as stated in the endowment by Mrs. Herrick. Mr. Her- rick has a library fund which wiV. be used for books and equipment.
After the completion of the new building our present library will prob- ably be used to house the administra- tive offices.
Another addition to the Alfred cam- pus will be flood lights at Howell Hall.
In previous years temporary lights have been set up for such occasions as Homecoming. The new lights will be permanent.
Along with the other improvements.
Alfred will also have the main en- trance beautified by the clearing away of excess foliage and the pruning of trees. More direct walks are also soing to be arranged both for looks and easier passage from building to building.
Lecturer
Appropriation
If anyone wants a Student Sen- ate appropriation it is necessary to appear before the committee either Tuesday, October 19, or Thursday, October 21. At this time the books of your club will be reviewed and it will be neces- sary to bring them with you.
If your club was overlooked, and you were not sent a post card, please contact Paul Goodrich at Klan Alpine.
Campbell Speaks
Professor Robert M. Campbell, chair- man of the ceramic engineering de- partment of the Ceramic College, will lars ($10.pO) for each violation of this ! speak on "Guidance and the Human- ordinance \ and such violation shall istic-Social Program" Friday at the constitute disorderly conduct and the t-'PPer New York Section meetin? of V , , , , | the American Society for Engineering
Author Speaks
Dos Passos To View Jefferson
At First Forum Presentation
Recently a book which caused much notation by the not easily impressed New York literary critic was introduced to the reading public. The book is a biography of one of the most important figures in world and American history, Thomas Jefferson.
"The Heart and Head of Thomas Jefferson," the most recent work of the acclaimed author, will
serve as a starting point for the top- ic of Mr. Dos Passos' lecture, "Our Founding Fathers Knew How." Draw- ing on the wisdom of Jefferson as unearthed by John Dos Passos' re- search for his latest literary success, the author will parallel the stress and tensions of Jefferson's times with those of today.
To demonstrate the magniminity of this great personality we need only look to some of the leading lterary expert's comments of which follow some examples.
In a small article entitled, "The Mind of John Dos Passos" Max East- man says: "To me what makes Dos1 Passos a living thing is not his inven- tion of a new form in fiction the panorama novel as I call it. That was, indeed, and remains, a historic achievement, but it is not the thing I think of wihen his genius comes to mind.
"I think first of the intense poetry and drama, the vivid impagi,native re- alism of his style, the second of his high, fine-edged and incorruptible in- telligence. Incorruptible, I mean, not only by commercial considerations, hut by the ego-impulse, by established pres- tige pride in own past, the approba- tion of his admirers, . . . Dos Passos is one of the few imaginative writers who banked their whole career on the validity of the revolutionary so- cialist theory, and when the theory was disastrously shown up by the course of events, had the clarity of mind to see it and the courage to say it and say it without fuzzy qual- ifications of self-excusing parenthe- ses. . . . "
Robert Hillyer in a few paragraphs which he entitles, "Dos Passos' Ob- servation" sayss in no uncertain terms, "John Dos Passos' excels in reservation and imaginative selection from what he has observed. It is as though, being extremely nearsighted, he had made a practice of hoarding visual impression that less handicap- ped men would have passed over. . . . This faculty gave brilliant color and sharp outline to Dos Passos' early travel sketches.
John Dos Passos was born in Chi- cago. His father, a lawfer, was of Por- tugues descent. During his youth his family moved around a great deal and he was brought up on the continent and in Washington, D. C. Mr. Dos Pas- sos was graduated from Harvard 1C0I- lege in 1916 and served with ambu- lance services, U. S. Medical Corps during the World War I.
He has been a newspaper correspon- dent and a free-lance writer. He is best known for his novels, which are rank- ed among the major works of fiction by contemporary American writers.
This first forum presentation of the year will take place at Alumni Hall Monday at 8:15 p.m.; following the formal talk there will be an informal discussion at Howell Hall sponsored by the English and Political Science Clubs.
Ceramic Association Has Annual Meeting
JOHN DOS PASSOS
ROTC Cadets Sponsor Third Military Ball
Last Friday night a gym decorated in a military theme saw the third an- nual Military Ball fade in the archives of Alfred social functions.
Under the direction of Cadet Lieu- tenant Pete Ramko, this year's pre- sentation proved to be the biggest yet. One of the features of this year's ball was the music. Supplied by Al Cecchi and his orchestra, the music was a carefulyy blended mixture of the popular steps of the day.
The evening's festivities were initi- ated at 9 p.m. with a receiving line.
This line consisted of Cadet. Major Chuck Dyer (Cadet corps commander) and Miss Betty Steele, President an<i Mrs. Drake, Cadet First Lieutenant Pete Ramko and Miss Nancy Noyes, Major an-d Mrs. Avery, Dean and Mrs. Gertz, Captain and Mrs. Lewis, Dean Beeman, Registrar and Mrs. Pot- ter.
The Eyes Right Club sponsors all of the ROTC social events. Highlights of the evening was the presentation of
Stalwart Lineplay
Feature Of Victory
Unbeaten Saxons Score Fourth Win of Season, 12 To Lion's 0
by Al Siegel
A night in Wellsville can do wonders for a football team.
This was Coach Alex Yunevich's thought as the entire varsity football team spent Friday night at a hotel in Wellsville, to make sure the boys had a good rest and were in top shape for their big Homecoming game against the Albright College* team. They were in good shape as they played the Al- f
bright team, and what's more they pulled an upset and dumped the Penn- fcylvanians by a 12-0 score to keep their slate clean at 4-0 and to stretch their winning streak to six consecutive games.
The overflow crowd of about 5000 people saw the Saxons out-play and out-fight the bigger visitors as they dominated play throughout the game.
the four
batallion company sponsor.
sponsors and the Previous to this presentation there was a grand march in which all participated.
Following the official reading of the Batallion Adjutant Pet Ramko, First Lieutenant Carl Miller, Commander of "A" Company, presented Miss Bar- bara Lomery, "A" company sponsor.
"B" sponsor, Miss Rosemary Bracker, was presented by Cadet Firstr Lieuten- ant Paul Stillman. Representing "C"
Company, Miss Jean McMaster was eescorted to the podium by Cadet Lieu- tenant Jerry Rodis, -while Miss Sue Schmedes, sponsor of "D" Company, was brought "front and center" by First Lieutenant Marion Davis.
After the presentations of the com- pany sponsors, Cadet Major Chuck Dyer presented Miss Shiela Shanley, the batallion sponsor to the assembled corps.
The sponsors were presented with The Ceramic spotlight fell last Sat-1 s iik e n c a p e s and overseas caps of their
Area English Teachers Meet
Tuesday, October 12, about thirty teachers from the western part of New York State attended a conference on English studies at Howell Hall as guests of the English Department.
The purpose of the conference, ac- cording to Dr. Ernest B. Finch, chair- man of the department was, "to help achieve a better correlation of work being done in the secondary school and the university." "Not so long ago,"
he said, "it was fashionable to con- sider English studies in the secondary school and English studies in the University as the East and West tfyat never meet. That was unforunate for the student trying to get from one to the other. In this conference we hope to exchange views on_ objectives and methods of teaching English and j to end with a clearer understanding
of common values and problems."
The conference was held in two sesssions, one in the morning begin- ning at 10:30 a.m. and the afternoon session beginning at 1:30' p.m. In the morning session Dean Burdick, Dr.
Finch and Dr. Bernstein addressed the group. They explained the work- ings of various English courses, includ- ing a description of our correlated En- glish program in the Civilization course.
The afternoon session consisted of a discussion of methods used by sec- ondary school teachers of English.
Mrs. Elizabeth Meek of Canisteo High School led the discussion. Some teach- ers described the organization of ma- terial as presented in various schools.
One school in Brighton has a system whereby the students go from teach- er to teacher at intervals of three weeks. Methods of getting students to recognize errors with the greatest economy of time was another issue which was discussed. The effects of co-operative projeets and grammar training also came up. Moat teachers agree that a method Is needed to give students grammatical training.
A secretary took notes at the meet- ing and a summary will be sent to all teachers who were invited.
person vio Uing the same shall be a disorderly
Education to be held at Cornell Uni- erslty.
urday on the twenty-first annual meet- .ing of the Ceramic Association of New York. This meeting attended by approximately one hundred and twenty representatives from over the world of ceramics was presided over by Presi- dent R. E. Daniels of the Federal Port- land Cement Company.
After a welcoming address by Dr.
M. E. Drake, President of Alfred Uni- versity, the delegates were then invit- ed to attend any of the four group meetings which were held simultan- eously from 10:30 A. M. to 12:30 P. M.
The first group, under the chairman- ship of Mr. S. F. Walton, discussed the work sponsored by the Air Force on dense SiC, metal bondings of SiC and import testing of cermets and rocket materials. This discussion preceeded W. B. Crandall's talk on the work sponsored by the ONR and Watertown Arsenal on thermal shock measure- ments and crucible materials for Ti j metal.
The second group, headed by C. P.
Austin, discussed various aspects of clay products and then heard a lec- ture on the Kington Laboratory. Those
rank. The company sponsors were given Honorary Cadet Lieutenant rank while an Honorary Cadet Majority was presented to Miss Shiela Shanly.
The third annual Military Ball was the first social event of the year spon- sored by the Eyes Right Club, the so- cial arm of the , local ROTC detach- ment. Later in the year the club will hold a few outings and a military banquet. The militiary banquet is the agency the ROTC uses to present awards to its deserving members. The Cadet Sponsors appear at all of these functions.
delegates interested in
Single Crystals'1 joined 'Ferrites and group three where two lectures were given on some of the highlights of this field.. The re- maining delegates jooined the final meeting group where D. ,A. Dickens and R. R. West talked on "Mineral Re- sources."
Harvest Ball
In preliminary elections held Octo- ber 6 and 7. candidates for the 1954 Harvest Ball King and Queen were chosen.
Candidates for queen were Barbara Bittner, Carol Cornell, Lois James.
Shirley Long, Ann Martyniak, Jean MacDonald. Jean Mitchell, Marion Sapienza, Patricia Willax and Rhoda Young. Candidates for king are Ro- bert Dean, Donald Dunn, Don Kober, John LaMothe, Jan Landry, Jerry Ma- son. Ken Nutt. Dick Peck, Paul We- ber and Jim Wright.
Final votinp for the King and Queen of the Harvest Ball will be held Oc- tober 25 and 26.
Founder's Day Assembly—required.
Director of Admissions To Tour Home Territory
Kevin Bunnell, the director of Ad- missions and his ass'isant, Philip Hed- 3.troin, will each go into his home ter- ritory next week in their current cam- j paign to inform prospective candi-
dates for admission into the Universi- ty.
Mr. Bunnell will be in northern New York towns of Middleport, Me- dina, Lockport and Batavia, while Mr. Hedstrom will go west to cov- er Jamestown, Westfield, Sivercreek and Olean.
Two special speaking engagements, on Mr. Bunnell's itinerary are, today, when he will speak to the college entrance group in Geneva on proce- dures of application for admission and October 21, when he will talk to seniors in Williamson Central School on the general topic of "Choosing a College."
Bunnell tok time out from his trav- eling to participate in the conference on Secondary School English Studies and the Nursing Open House, both sponsored by the University and held Oct. 12 and 15, respectively.
Friday Mr. Bunnell will attend the Colloquim on College Admission, at Arden HSouse, Harriman. The Collo- quim, sponsored by the College En- trance Examination Board, is designed to provide a chance for admissions per- sonnel from differentt colleges to ex- change views on programs and prob- lems that affect them all.
Immediately following the Colloqu- im. Mr. Bunnell will go to New York to attend the fall meeting of the Col- lege Entrance Examination Board, to be held Oct. 27, at the Biltmore Ho- tel.
At no time was the Yunevich grid machine in any real danger.
Only Lose Toss
The Saxons lost only one thing in.
the game. Just before the start, game captains Chet Micciphe and Al Bi- lanski didn't guess as good as the Al- bright co-captains. Bob Krize and Ed McNeill and the Lions won the toss and the right to receive the ball.
Alfred took the north goal, with John.
Zluchoski getting off a kick that went into the end zone on a bounce and saw the ball played on the 20 yard stripe.
An offside penalty and a 5 yard penalty gave the Reading team a first down on the 30. Tom Pollock picked up two and then Nick Teta and Al Bilanski pulled quarterback Roy Drag- on down on the 30 for a two yard loss. Here freshman, Bill Wetzal of Brooklyn tried an end run and lost four yards and the ball as Chet Mic- ciche got both him and the ball on the Albright 26 yard line. John Zlu- choski then ran for 3 thru tackle to the 23.
Here
TD Drive
Patsy Lattari tossed a IS yard pass to Mr. Z for a first down on the Albright lo. After an Alfred time out Johnny Ryan picked up 5 yards on an end run. John Z then got 2, and then lost 5 to place the ball on the 8 with a fourth and goal to go situation coming up.
Pat Lattari faded back and with good protection he tossed a pasa to Jay Abbott, the right halfback, in the end zone and the Warriors led 6-0.
Not only had Alfred scored against the so-called bigger school football team but they only took eight minutes and thirty seconds to do it. Patsy's try for the extrta point was no good as he was smothered trying to spot a receiver.
Right after the Alfred score the Cardinal and White made their only big march of the evening as they made 3 first downs in 11 plays be- fore they lost the ball on downs on the AU 36 yard line. Their drive went from their own 31 to the Saxon 36 yard line. The remainder of the quarter saw both teams exchanging punts.
Saxon's Score No. 2 The second quarter saw no major action until Tom Pollock punted to the Lion 36 yard line where the Saxons took over the ball. Here Jim Ryan picked up 5 to the 31 and then 2 thru the middle to the 29. Alfred then called a time out to discuss stra- tegy.
It worked ! On the first play after the time out Jim Ryan went up the middle and seemed to have a 10 yard gain when some nice blocks were thrown and the next thing everyone knew the speedy Mr. Ryan was in the clear and going 29 yards for a TD.
The PAT was no good but the Purple
•ind Gold had a 12-0 lead over the fav- orites. This score came at 11:45 of the quarter. Oddly enough both Pat- sy Lattari and Jay Abbott, the pass combination that clicked in the first quarter were shaken up in this quar- ter and both were forced to leave the game temporarily.
At the outset of the second half thte Warriors moved 27 yards and gained 2 first downs before they had to surrender the ball on downs. The remainder of the quarter was taken up by the exchanging of punts by both teams, with halfback Bill Smith of Albright and Jim Ryan of AU both being hurt.
Hartnett Passes
On the next to last play of the third quarter the large turnout saw Jim Hartnett shake off three Lion linemen trying to break up a pass. He got away and then tossed a 25 yard pass which John Farnan make a great grab of the ball as the two would-be de- fenders climbed all over him.
During the rourth quarter the Sax- ons tried very successfully to run out the clock and stopped the out-of- staters cold. The whistle sounded and the crowd went wild as once again the Saxons had won a big Home- coming game. Not only had they won but they had evened up the series with Albright at one game apiece. This to some extent erased the memory of that game in '29 which saw the Cardin- al and White beat the Saxons 73-0, the worst defeat in Warrior history.
Besides the g'ame, the musical groups of the shcool put on a show that will be remembered for quite a while. It opened with the All-campu»
band marching onto the field to play (Continued on page Four)
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Problems
How limited is our knowledge about problems that confront the
;world, and how much consideration have we given to the views that we hold on these problems? How intelligently can we discuss sub- jects from communism and McCarthyism to religion and segregation ? These questions are indeed pertinent to students like ourselves on a small college campus where we are so often tempted to be obliv- ious to all problems except our own. We all have some superficial knowledge of world problems, but few of us are really concerned about them. How many of us have a subscription to a daily paper or magazine devoted to national and international problems? How many of us would sooner listen to a news broadcast or political discussion on the radio than to a program of popular music? How many of us attend the many various lectures- on campus concerning uational and world-wide affairs? Don't we too often rationalize that We aren't interested and therefore do not have to hear more on a question about which we have no concern? We often find students among us who find it easier to get their opinions second-hand and go along with the crowd in developing their attitudes than to formu- late their own opinions, independently.
Such indifference is cowardly and will never bring about a solution to the problems about which so many of us complain, but BO few of us consider. Now, during our student years, is the time to develop attitudes of thoughtful reflection anfl intelligent discussion which are so necessary to responsible citizens.
Unless we, as students, can develop the ability to question and discuss, we are fundementally uneducated.
Dear Editor:
In response to the letters written by
"A guy who went broke buying text-' books" and "A poverty-stricken stu- dent" last week, I would like to ex- plain the expansion plans for the Book Easy and why they are not being car- ried out this semester.
As was stated in last week's letter by "A poverty-stricken student," I did approach the Student Senate last spring and was graciously granted an underwriting of two hundred dollars ($200.00) with which to purchase us-;d textbooks for student use this fall.
Also, they recommended to the Union Board that a larger room than that in which the Book Easy is now located, the one used at present for storage, should be made available to be used as our new home. This was finally granted by the Union Board this week.
Before the end of this semester, I approached many of the faculty and inquired as to which books they would be using this semester. At that time it was rather early for many of the people I approached to be definite on their plans for this fall in the way of text books. I therefore proceeded, af- ter arriving home for the summer, to mail return post cards to these facul- ty members to be filled out as soon as they could give me a definite answer to my inquiry.
By the time I received the last post card, it was the middle of August. I then proceeded to make up a tentative order of eighteen (18) differnt texts and sent it to Barnes & Noble, Inc., New York City. A few days later I re- ceived a very nice reply informing me they had only two (2) of the eight- een (18) books I had inquired about in stock; the reason being that most ibook stores place their orders sometime during the month of July, and thus they did not have sufficient stock available to fill my needs. I did, how- ever, order twenty (20) Economics books and ten (10) German Readers (the only ones they had in stock of my tentative order of eighteeen (18) books).
Upon arriving on campus this Sep- tember, | found out, to my dismay, that Prof. Bela was going to use a new text in his Economics classes, and upon arrival of my order, | returned the twenty (20) Economics books in order not to be billed for them. | still have ten (10) German Readers in stock, which Dr. Buchanan tells me he will use sometime toward the begin- ning of next semester.
Within the next month I am going to canvass the faculty in order to de- termine which texts they will use next semester, hoping that the Book Easy will be able to serve as many students as possible with good used text books at reasonable prices.
If anyone .still has any questions, ideas or suggestions they will be great- ly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Chuck Maass, Mgr.
Book Easy
Forgotten Something
Dear Editor:
In regard to the article "Senatori- ally Speaking" of October 12th, don't you believe something has been for- gotten?
I appreciate Mr. Chollick's enthusi- asm as to this year's Senate and to the work that our Student Senate President Stan Small is doing. I share his enthusiasm. As a student senator and a chairman of the New Activities Cordinating Committee I agree fully that Stan Small is doing a fine job. The outlook for the Senate this year is
very good.
However, I believe Mr. Chollick has forgotten something. I wonder if any one remembers Marlin (Shorty) Mil- ler, past-president of the Student Sen- ate?
I doubt very much that anyone can deny that Shorty Miller was a true student leader. He was directly re- sponsible for the origination and for- mation of last year's leadership Con- ference which was a tremendous suc- cess. The revision of the Moving-Up Day Program was also primarily the work of Marlin Miller.
Marlin, I believe, set a fine example which Stan Small is following well.
Thank you, Al Potter
by Judy Dryer
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Scoop
The complete, official Forum schedule which the FIAT carried last week was a first.
Before the university publicity office, before the Alfred Sun, jWellsville Reporter and many other area publications, as well as the many radio features which are directly concerned with the uni- versity's aactivities, the FIAT LUX scooped, delivered and printed the official presentations for the 1954-55 season of Forum events.
Don't Read This, But...
some girls ought to pitch tents in the Union !
when is someone going to write to* the editor to find out who is writing this fabulous column?
we always knew that Les Goble would be great !
please inform us immediately if you see a girl with nicely shaped legs wearing Bermuda shorts — hi, Al, Hymie and Jim.
once again, the best paintings were left in the Union.
78 Wins 35 Losses
6 Ties
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•REOORT) IN -HI6 OF COACHING-
Hallelujah
Dear Editor,
Congratulations to Irene Rosenblatt!
It's about time that somebody got around to talking about the student spirit at the football games. Between you and me, the little spirit there is all originates in the stands, spon- taneously. How can anyone expect cheering if the only function the cheer- leaders serve is the joining in, on a few Hallelujahs?
The function of cheerleaders is to lead. Why don't they? If the present cheerleaders /don't have either the
Hurt Too
Dear Editor:
Please forgive me for writing a ra- ther, blunt reply to Mr. Chollick's article (Senatorially Speaking), but I find no other recourse after reading this highly biased piece of information.
Obviously he has presented a one- man or a one-group opinion. I'm sure that what he personally believes does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the entire student body, as he would have outsiders believe.
I whole-heartedly agree with Gil that the new committee system is a very good idea, anl that it can con- ceivably lead to a more efficient form of student government and manage- ment of student affairs. However, I am left completely dumbfounded by two of his remarks. The first is the use of "finally" in his first statement:
"Alfred University finally has a true students leader." The second is in the next to last paragraph of his article:
"I sincerely hope that the student body realizes that we are finally on our way up the ladder, and only because of an efficient, hard-working presi- dent." Can Mr. Chollick honestly make statements like these without his con-
science bothering him? Can he be so critical of our past president with no compunctions?
I refer, by name, to Marlin Miller, Student Senate President, '53-'54. Cer- tainly we have never had a more ef- ficient, hadworking plesident. He was one who had the student body and its interests in mind at all times, and cer- tainly set a fine example for the stu- dents at Alfred. And for Mr. Chollick's benefit he NEVER e n t e r t a i n e d tained five motions on the floor at the same time at a Student Senate meeting. Unfortunately, no one can say the same for Mr. Small.
How about it? Will Mr. Chollick ad.
mit that he is writing personal opin- ion, or is he going to back up his remarks with a fair poll of upper- classmen?
Awaiting Mr. Chollick's reply, I am, Sincerely yours, Don K. Shardlow
Hi !
Well, our Saxons didn't let us down, did they? Just imagine ! 12-0 !
I knew we could do it. And we really celebrated, with buffet din- ners before and parties after the game at nearly every fraternity on campus. The houses were really, packed with alumni. Seems like there was always room for one more . . . somewhere.
It'd be next to impossible to list the kids that came back for homecoming, so I won't even try. You probably saw them at the game anyway.
The rest of last week was comparatively quiet. Kappa Psi and Klan had a party Friday night after the Military Ball.
Bert Peters, of Klan, was pinned to Harriet Henderson. Joan Ellinger, of Pi, was pinned to Harry Nagan (Kappa Nu, Class of '54, now at the University of Pennsylvania). Sigma Chi has a mas- cot, a cute little grey cat called Ralph.
AKO had Kappa Psi for dessert Thursday.
Guess that's all for now. It sure was a weekend we won't forget soon.
(Sorry the column is so short this week, but we just couldn't get you out of bed on Sunday morning.)
See you next week.
Judy
Senatorially Speaking
by Gil Chollick
It is important that we look to the future. I'm talking of Alfred's future, and those who will eventually lead us.
Leaders are not born; they are taught and cultivated. Many or- ganizations and people of importance have dedicated years and years to the research of developing leaders. What are we as studets oing to
help our future leaders?
let's look back . . .
In 1954 Alfred University's Leader- ship Conference evolved . . . due to the combined efforts of Marlin Miller, last year's student president and Stan Small. However from last year's con- ference, I believe the administration and the students that attended realize that we have a long way to go before we reach maturity and that definite outside help is needed.
Aside from the new born conference, what other means do we have for de- veloping leaders? So far we have been fortunate that someone has risen to the occasion and taken over the reigns of the Senate. Yet how long are we to gamble?
We have a chance to join an estab- lished organization composed of three hundred schools, large and small, working together on the path of de- veloping leaders and improving school
functions, which all of us at one time or other have criticized.
It is not to the handful of students
Before you make a decision, this is an appeal for you to think. Here are some of the advantages that will be obtained by joining the National Stu- dent Association:
First of all, there are three hundred institutions in the Association from which Alfred can benefit. The policy that the organization follows consists of resolutions which are developed and passed by delegates of the mem- ber studnets governments at the annual congresses. Programs and policies are promoted for the benefit of the entire association.
Secondly, information essential to the smooth operation and progressive improvement of the student govern- ment's administration is supplied by the Student Government program by way of files containing information concerning finance, constitutional structure, elections, handbooks, stu- dent courts, etc. There is a leadership) training program designed to equip Kthe students with an understanding of
join their organization and be a
Washington Outlook
by Marvin Eosenthal
Our first seminar lecture was an introduction to library source;?
in Washington, D. C. The library facilities are both' intensive and extensive. Just to mention some of the library and research facilities open to Washington semester students — two American University libraries, Library of Congress, the 12 public libraries of D. C, li- braries in the various government
will or the ability to properly lead the student body in organized cheering it's about time that we replaced them with
students who want the job and will do jganization can we make the sailing it right. I smoother and advance our knowledge S. Hallelujah Bender J faster. By doing this we are looking to the future. We are living in a world of interrelation and not isolation. We must take this step in order that we
who realize their duties a^id obliga-; t"h"e ph~ifosO"phy; and" technTquesof "lead- tions that this article is dedicated, but
to those who are in the majority of the student body and control the poli- cy of the Senate.
The organization in question is the National Student Association. This group realizes the pitfalls that a school like ours will have to face and they are willing to guide us. We must in turn meet them half way. We must part of them. Only by entering the or-
be a part of that world.
ership.
SENATE JOTTINGS:
Appropriations to the various clubs on campus to be given on October 21, 1954.
There will be a National Student Association meeting at Syracuse Uni- versity, October 29, 30. Nine Senators have volunteered to attend. Topic for discussion: leadership.
World University Service, one of the organizations that the Community Chest Drive contributed to last year, had their meeting in Rochester, Oc- tober 17. Doctor Bernstein and four freshmen represented Alfred.
The five standard committees went to work this week, with meetings es- tablished for all.
specialized agencies, National Ar- chives, Smithsonian Library, U S. In- formation Service, Government Print- ing Office, National Geographic Li- brary, Pan American Union Library, libraries of CIO and AFL, Brookings Institute Library, Folger-Shakespeare Library, libraries of the individual em- bassies and the Frier Gallery. There are also many more sources not men- tioned.
A seminar was held at the Library of Congress with Col. Willard Webb, Chief of the Stack and Reader Div- ision lecturing and conducting a guided tour. The library was estab- lished April 24, 1800 for the use of Congress. Although there has been a great growth of the Library of Con- gress as a national library, it is still run mainly as a library for Congress.
The library is the sole repository of copyrights. Its photoduplication ser- vice is the best in the world. Over 1 million dollars worth of catalogue cards are printed here and sold all ov- er the world. As part of the music division, the library runs a song re- cording division.
Money for the running of the li- brary is appropriated from the U.S.
Treasury. The money acquired by the library is then set up in a revolving fund and revolves back into the treas- ury.
Statistics: 2,500 employees, 2 build- ings, 3 regular periodicals per year, 1.600 monographs per year, 1,440 miles of bookshelves, 32 million pieces of literature, 9 million volumes. 21 read- ing rooms, more than a million sight- seeers per year. The library operates its own infirmary, post office and system of chutes and carriers. One almost gets the feeling that he is touring a factory.
Some of the impressive exhibits we
saw were the Gutenberg Bible, the Giant Bible of Mainz, the covenant of the League of Nations, George Wash- ington's letters rejecting the idea of a monarchy, the Declaration of In- dependence, the Bill of Rights, the first telegraphic message and many other historic documents.
Other lectures included the "Leg- islative Reference Service" by Burnis Walker, Administrative Officer of the LRS and the "Government Printing Office" by Dr. Roy B. Eastin Jr., Ex- ecutive Officer of the GPO.
We also attended field trips to hearings by the Senate Committee on Banking and Finance conducted by Sen. Homer E. Capehart, Rep. of In- diana. The Committee was conducting an investigation into the famous FHA scandals.
All is not work here in Washington, however. I have had the opportunity to see 'The Crucible" by Arthur Miller and the Ballet Russe de Monte Car- lo with its graceful prima balerina, Maria Tallchief, playing the role of the Snow Queen in "Nutcracker."
This week's agenda is an introduc- tion to the Judicial Branch of our gov- ernment. In addition to a vast amount of reading material and seminar lec- tures, we are required to attend an opinion day of the U. S. Supreme Dis- trict Court for the District of Colum- bia.
All in all. with the combination of classes, seminars, field trips, an ex- celent program, cultural opportunities and meeting students from all over the U.S., I feel that I am obtaining one of the most worthwhile exper- iences available to a college student.
Monday—Dos Passos Forum.
Beat Ithaca. «
Footlight Footnotes
By Judy Greenberg
"Noah," the first footlight fantasy of the season, is well under production now.
November 19 and 20 are the dates set for you to see the show.
Knowing Alfred, it may be snowing then, but inside Alumni Hall there will be rain.
Noah's ordeal is told like a fairy tale. The voyage, in the words of Brooks Atkinson, "begins auspicious- ly enough with Noah, his wife, his 3 sons and 3 of the neighbor's girls em- barking with the animals cm God's ark in the hope of a brave, new world.
When at length the rain is over the grand beauty of the great waters fills them with rejoicing and they dancs with exuberance around the deck in the dawn of a golden age. But the canker of the old world has crept on board. Ham is the sore spot. He doubts. He taunts his shipmates with misgivings. Hte belabors his father with skeptical questions, and "Noah"
becomes the story of a kindly, simple old man who grows lonely ini his faith, who pilots his craft safely to shore in the» midst of doubts, and who is rudely deserted by the young
Discussion
In anticipation of his visit, there will be a meeting held to discuss the works of John Dos Passos at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday evening at the Castle.
There will be a panel comprised of about six English majors who will give reports and brief resu- mes of several of his books. The reports will be prepared with the cooperation of instructors from the English department. Included In the reports will probably be, "The
Heart and Head of Thomas Jeffer- son,'' Dos Passos' latest book.
Anyone Interested, student or In- structor, I* welcome to attend.
folks the moment they touch foot to land. At length he is reluctantly forc- ed to conclude that God has not al- ways been sportsmanlike in His treat- ment of His appointed agent. That is a touching moment when in the bleakness of his old age, on the damp- earth of a cold land, Noah shouts at the heavens 'are you satisfied?' The answer is a rainbow curving down the sky."
Noah's wife is played by Karen Ol- son while his 3 sons, Shem, Ham and Japhet are played by Philip Partinson, Gail Feldman and Dave Cohen, re- spectively. The 3 neighbor's girls are Misty Link, Jean Stillman and Linda Napolin. The rest of the cast includes Ted Ronick, Lew Krevolin, Steve Ho- mer, Carol Silver, Harriet Fischer, Marilyn Childs, Carol Tenowitz, Dave Harrison and Georgia Jones who are representing various animals which Noah takes with him.
The stage design is that of Barbara Schwartz and Carl Lefkowitz and the costumes and masks are being done by Lew Krevolin. Herbie Cohen is doing the choreography and if any of you saw the St. Pat's play In 1952 you'll know he's well qualified in this line. The music is being orchestrated by Larry Hardy while Leon Ablon is doing the sound. Prof. C. D. Smith is the director, Sallie Martinsen, the as?istant director and Prof. J. Leon- ard is the technical director. Stan Zielinski is the stage manager, Henry Galler is wielding the lights and Bruce Elkin is heading the constriction.
Considering what Is is involved in this production, with rainVow et al.
"Noah" and his crew deser'« a hearty-
"Bon Voyage" from aU of' us.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1954
Clubs Inc.
WTITG.
Tuesday's meeting was called to order, the roll called and the minutes read.
Movie duty: Lynn Sunshine.
The fro&h test which was supposed to be given Tuesday, October 12, was postponed to Tuesday, October 19, at 7 p.m. at the Chapel.
Because several girls have ques- tioned the collection of dues and what they are used for, the following is a list of many of the expenses encoun- tered by the council:
1. Movie slips 2. WSG Handbooks
3. Career Day. Payment for speaker and transportation.
4. Keys for the services rendered by council members
5. Sign out sheets
6. Secretarial supplies . . . such aa postcards, stamps and envelopes, mim- eographing of the minutes
The new Ag-Tech hours were dis- cussed and "each representative was asked to take these hours back to their house for discussion. The hours in consideration are as follows:
Sunday - Thursday 11:00 Friday and Satruday 1:30 Big dances 2:00
These hours are uniform for all Ag- Tech. girls.
French
Les Enfants Sans Souci, the French club on campus, bid welcome to all
THE FIAT LUX, ALFRED, NEW YORK PAGE THREE
Student
Outlook
by Steve N. Bender
The Selective Service System has announced the signing of a new pres- idential order which changes the cri- teria for the deferment of students en- tering graduate schools after Jan- uary 1, 1955 to standing within the highest quarter of the senior class ar attainment of a score of 80 or more in the Qualification Test. This does i not affect students who have been accepted either to medical or dental schools.
Captain W. F. Sparks of the U.S.
Marine Corps Offi-cer Procurement Division wil be in Alfred to talk to interested students at 8:00 a.m. No- vember 19.
The admission test for graduate study in business, required for en- trance by a anumber of graduate busi- ness schools throughout thte country, will be given twice during the com- ng year. The tests will be administer- ed February 3 and May 14. Applica- tions and fee3 must be filed with the Admission Test for Graduate Study in Business, Educational Testing Ser- vice, 20 Nassau Street, Princeton, New Jersey, at least two weeks before the testing date desired.
club on campu,
Its new members last Wednesday at the Castle.
The business of the opening meet- ing was the election of officers for the coming year. Henry R. Galler was elected president, Rose De Carlo, vice- pre.-ident, Suzanne Ford; secretary and Joan Trepasso, treasurer, Marian Sut- ton will supervise the program for the coming year in the capacity of pro- gram chairman.
"Les Enfants Sans Souci," translat- ed into English, means "the young people without cares." By planning an absorbing and enjoyable program, the French club assures all members a relaxing and interesting experience.
Among the future events of the club
•will be a series of films in French plus various other activities designed for the interest of members. The next meeting will be sometime in Novem- ber.
The meeting closed as the congre- gation sang a song popular among the French students, followed, of course, by "La Marseillaise."
A. P. O.
Alpha1 Phi Omega held its first meet- ing of the year last Tuesday at Phy- sics Hall.
The meeting was called to order by the president, Aaron Platkin, who
A. C. S.
The Student Branch of the American Ceramic Society at Alfred University has announced its program for the coming school year:
October 28, Clarence P. Austin, treasurer of Binghamton Brick Co., Inc., will speak on "Starting Your Own Business."
Nov. 11, Harold W. Huffcut of El- mira's Westinghouse Electric Tube Division will speak on "Growth of Cer- amics in the Electronic Industry."
Dec. 9, A. C. Siefert, chief glass technologist of Owens-Corning Fiber- glass, Newark, Ohio, will speak on
"Recent Trends in the Fiber Glass Industry."
Jan. 13, Joseph C. Richmond of the National Bureau of Standards will speak on "Radio-active Isotopes and How They are Used in Research."
Feb. 17, Dr. Carl Curtis of Carbide and Carbon Chemical's Oak Ridge Na- tional Laboratory will speak on '^Cer- amics in Atomic Energy."
April 21, James Tinkelpaugh of Al- fred's Air Force Research Laboratory will speak on "Ceramic Possibilities and Achievements at High Tempera- ture."
May 12, Leon Merker of National Lead's Titanium Alloy Division at South Amboy, N. J., will speak on
"Synthetic Crystals."
The March 31 meeting will be de- voted to the American Ceramic So- ciety Speaking Contest and to nomi- nations for the 1955-6 officers of the Student Branch at Alfred.
Music
The Music Department is getting set for a busy year. Dr. Fiedler is already
•working with the chorus on Handel's
"Messiah," which will be presented December 5, in the Village Church.
This is an annual presentation which involves chorus, soloists, and orches- tra.
A monthly series of Chamber Music is scheduled to start in November.
This will be presented by small groups of students and faculty.
The assembly on November 4, will consist of violin and piano by Dr.
Fiedler and his wife. They will play Selections from Handel, Beethoven, Hindemith and Bartow.
Dr. Fiedler is also starting on a modern German work, "Carmina Bur- ave." This consists of medieval folk eongs and has not been presented here veforo. It is scheduled for the Sprin Arts Festival.
The chorus has need for new mem- bers. Dr. Fiedler would like all stu- dent, faculty, and community mem- bers interested in the chorus to at- tend rehearsals Tuesday and Thursday nights.
spoke about the aims of the organiza- I tion.
A.P.O. is unique from other oorgani- zations on campus in that it is solely a service organization. The boys render their services to most of Alfred's so- cial activities and fund raising cam- paigns.
Meetings are held once a week and anyone who is interested may attend.
A. S. C. F.
The election of officers for the A.S.
C.F. was held on October 10, in How- ell Hall. The newly elected officers are as follows:
Pete Hammond, president; Judy Koch, vice-president; Sara Jacob, sec retary; Suzanne Ford, treasurer.
Trudy Hoehner was appointed rep- resentative to the intercollegiate plan- ning board.
A dinner will be held at 7:30 on October 24, in Howell Hall. Following dinner there will be installation of of- ficers in a candle light service.
International
Music from Burma, Java, Spain, Cu- ba, Greece, Scotland and Mexico was enjoyed by the members of the Inter- national Club at 2:00 p. m. on Sunday at Howell Hall.
Popie Psara demonstrated a Greek dance with the help of Anastasia Georganta. President Sue Sutton did a Mexican Hat Dance. Rosto Majie brought instruments made of bamboo and played "Mary Had A Little Lamb"
under the direction of Sue Sutton.
Dean Beeman and Dr. Sutton were present at the meeting.
After the meeting was over the mem- bers went downstairs for refresh- ments. Carol Tenowitz played the gui- tar and the other members joined in.
It was suggested by Stig Holmquist that Indian dancing girls appear
the next meeting. at
Monday—Dos Passos Forum.
Amiable Erudition
by Irene Rosenblatt
Sitting across from one of the most gracious hosts in Physics Hall "critical ratio" and "level of significance" both become sub- ordinate to a young professor's amiable, down to earth personality.
This young man who caused so much attention among the female and male factions on the campus is our new statistics instructor, Dan
Zakich, who is temporarily replacing Dr. John Fraund.
Mr. Zakich has lived In Akron, Ohio all of his life. In 1945 he enlisted in the service and remained in service un- til 1947. He attended the University of Akron from 1948-1952. Upon gradua- ting from college he received a fel- lowship to the Virginia Polytechnical Institute where he taught and studied from 1952-1954. He graduated with a master's degree in statistics. He has been affiliated with the rubber in- dustry for the past ten years, including the time he was attending college.
It is no wonder that Mr. Zakich im- presses students so easily, for he was quite an active participant in his college community at the University of Akron. He was affiliated with sev- eral organizations including Sigma Psi fraternity, which is a national science fraternty. He was a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, a national men's honor fraternitty and Phi Sig- ma Kappa a national men's social fra- ternity. Aside from being a member of these organizations, he was treas- urer of the Student Government. Not only was he active in these functions but he is sports-minded as well. He played football, basketball and par- cipated in intramurals. As you can readily see Mr. Zakich is quite a wholesome addition to the University.
Speaking objectively, Mr. Zakich has told me that he enjoys the life here very much. He is overwhelmed at its unique appearance and the complete lack of formality. The friendliness of the students seems to mean a great deal to him. He enjoys his classes and enjoys working with /;he students as well.
Naturally Mr. Zakich is not familiar with the students so I asked him how he felt about marks, and he replied,
"All students as far as I am concerned are geniuses when they walk into my class. If they are able to excel in their work; they deserve an "A."
H!is complete informal, approch to students makes one feel that Mr. Za- kich is not someone new at Alfred, but someone who has been acquainted with the community all his life. The friendliness he displays to students enables them to forget his position as professor and makes them feel that he is "one of the boys."
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Lost and Found
There was a pair of eyeglasses found at the Brick about three weeks ago. They are women's glasses with clear plastic frames and fairly strong lenses. The per- son who lost them can claim them at the Brick from Mrs. Smith.
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Political Science
La3t Tuesday evening the first meeting of the Political Science Club was held.
The program was the first in a ser- ies of three designed to discuss and illuminate the coining elections in November. Speakers on the problems of the election were Mort Pincks, who discussed "Issues of Farm Policy,"
Bud Kass, whose topic was "General Democratic Issues," Stan Schwartz, who spoke on "Foreign Policy," and Al Sak, who discussed "Atomic Pow- er."
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